Name that Thief.
My business was broken into last week by two young, moronic men. They took with them four laptops and our two iMac’s. We have the crime on tape, but weren’t able to capture a high res. image. Amazingly, one of the thieves (or at least the new owner of our hot machines) was using photobooth and unknowingly uploaded a photo of himself to our flickr stream.
If you know this guy, or recognize the tatto artist (another angle here (thanks!)), please let me know. Also feel free to re-blog this image.
[update] To answer a few questions that have come up in the comments…
a. The thief is using an access card, and we were able to track it back to one of our former members…but he wasn’t one of the two thieves. The card could have been passed on intentionally or lost, we’re not really sure on that point. The member in question has an overdue account and we haven’t be able to contact him. Any cards have now been deactivated.
b. The video that was posted is of the second entry, there was of course a first…for those of you that were keen enough to recognize the discrepancy between the photos and the video. We do have the first entry on tape, but haven’t placed it online.
Bill, did you let NowPublic know about this? Maybe they could spread the word and widen the search.
its doogie howser
you cant use this image to identify this man as one of the two in the video?
Don’t tase him, bro!
[...] of himself to MacEwen’s Flickr account. Someone on the internet should be able to identify him. Link -via Metafilter [...]
unbelievable! sorry to hear about the theft, but sounds like you at least have a decent chance at catching him now!
Wouldn’t flickr have a log of the ip addresses that uploaded pictures? You could get it and go to his ISP.
It’s JCA fault!
what a fucking retard…well at least he know how to use a Mac hehehe
Take the photo to the cops. They will sort it out
How was this guy able to login on the computer? Doesn’t that iMac require a valid username and password?
I have bad news for you, Henry Rollins circa 1988 stole your computer. You’re going to need some serious time traveling to get it back.
it would be good to indicate where in the world you are. then you will get more help locating these people who have wasted your time.
wish i had known to do this when my macpro was stolen 2 weeks ago. bastards.
Please post vid of morons breaking and entering and stealing computers. Otherwise, all we have is some internet blogging claiming the tattooed man is a thief.
I’m not saying that I disbelieve the claim, just that I would insist on evidence validating the claim before I start a lynch mob.
“blogger”
If he turns out to not be the thief, he has you dead to rights for slander.
Post the video of said man breaking and entering. If you can’t do that, I call slander and defamation of character.
I am so tired of stupid people.
Wow. What a moron. I blogged about this one as well.
[...] four laptops and two iMacs. The culprits couldn’t be identified by security footage. Luckily, as founder Bill McEwan noticed, they did most of the work for him. The new owner of his laptop apparently uploaded a picture of [...]
It doesn’t matter. He is in possession of stolen property which is still a crime. So even if he was not the thief, he is still breaking the law and could lead to the actual thieves.
[...] four laptops and two iMacs. The culprits couldn’t be identified by security footage. Luckily, as founder Bill McEwan noticed, they did most of the work for him. The new owner of his laptop apparently uploaded a picture of [...]
[...] el ladrón acaba de descubrirse. Ahora, vía Boing Boing y MetaFilter, descubro que es el turno de Bill MacEwen, un blogger al que le han sustraído 4 portátiles y 2 iMacs. En alguno de ellos tiene instalado [...]
possession of stolen property is also a crime. this guy has no slander or defamation claim.
[...] four laptops and two iMacs. The culprits couldn’t be identified by security footage. Luckily, as founder Bill McEwan noticed, they did most of the work for him. The new owner of his laptop apparently uploaded a picture of [...]
isn’t that Tory Belleci from mythbusters?
Alicia the video IS posted. I look forward to reading your retraction of repeatedly hurling the ’stupid’ label around. Funny thing about the web, you never can be too sure what is rubber and what is glue.
[...] Bill writes: My business was broken into last week by two young, moronic men. They took with them four laptops and our two iMac’s. We have the crime on tape, but weren’t able to capture a high res. image. Amazingly, one of the thieves (or at least the new owner of our hot machines) was using photobooth and unknowingly uploaded a photo of himself to our flickr stream. [...]
Have you got more webcam photos? With a good photo editor like The GIMP you can make the background lighter, identifying anything that may be there. The guy seems to be sitting in front of a blank wall, but there are some small objects at the bottom of the picture, behind the man, that I cannot quite make out from one photo.
Your best shot of course are the tats. Just let the police visit all Vancouver tattoo shops with a print of this photo.
Where is the video posted?
[...] So needless to say, if you live in the Vancouver, BC area and you know this tatted up dolt, the Vancouver police and the victims would love to hear about it. Edited to add: This is catching on fast. More can be found at Boing Boing, digg, and a blog of one of the theft victims. [...]
Alicia hates stupid people, how ironic… when she herself doesn’t consider the video and keeps running her stupid mouth. So much noise on the Internet would be averted if only parents would install software to keep foolish children like Alicia off the computer before they get home from work.
take this to police check mug shots.
Not many people have an “Alien” tatoo on their left shoulder/upper arm (because Aliens, as an icon, suck). Maybe the police might be able to help you with this one… or you could always have a PI look into the matter for you.
The local news would carry this story, I bet..
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Try checking with flickr if they capture the IP address. Good luck in catching the dumb thief.
DEATH TO ALL THIEVES
It this guy:
http://sickboy.livejournal.com/
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[...] They stole a schwack of computers. I’ll let my friend and yours, Workspace owner Bill MacEwen take over from there: They took with them four laptops and our two iMac’s. We have the crime on tape, but weren’t [...]
Go Facebook with this!
That should close this case
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It’s actually Robert Downet Jr. who, evidently has again reached a new low…..
What a dumbass alcoholic..
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